Bounds on hep neutrinos

dc.creatorFiorentini, G.
dc.creatorBerezinsky, V.
dc.creatorDegl'Innocenti, S.
dc.creatorRicci, B.
dc.date1998-10-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:16:31Z
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dc.descriptionThe excess of highest energy solar-neutrino events recently observed by Superkamiokande can be in principle explained by anomalously high $hep$-neutrino flux $Φ_ν(hep)$. Without using SSM calculations, from the solar luminosity constraint we derive that $Φ_ν(hep)/S_{13}$ cannot exceed the SSM estimate by more than a factor three. If one makes the additional hypothesis that $hep$ neutrino production occurs where the $^3$He concentration is at equilibrium, helioseismology gives an upper bound which is (less then) two times the SSM prediction. We argue that the anomalous $hep$-neutrino flux of order of that observed by Superkamiokande cannot be explained by astrophysics, but rather by a large production cross-section.
dc.description7 pages, RevTeX file
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810083
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810083
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B444:387-390,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01417-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/211828
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleBounds on hep neutrinos
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